Dear colleagues,
In a custom list; I would like to implement a directory that may have
the following options:
1.) Categories may contain subcategories and so on.
2.) An item may belong to more than one category or sub-category.
For example:
If Microsoft company would be included in the directory and we have
some categories such as:
1. IT
1.1 Software
1.2 Hardware
2. Finance
3. Research
and assuming we would like to add Microsoft web site to the directory
and that it belongs to (1. IT), (1.1 Software), (1.2 Hardware) and (3.
Research), figuring out a suitable approach causes me headache!
The reason is that I'm limited to not using any thing other than
Sharepoint.
I implemented a content type of type folder in order for me to
maintain the hierarchy of categories; should an item belong to a
single category or sub-category, then another content type in the list
of type item would work just fine; however, the intersection of
association as in the Microsoft example doesn't make that approach
suitable.
If would use a webpart, that would be some how ok, but I must leave
the user use the standard default "NewForm" and "EditForm".
Some may wonder, why not using the Site Directory; it's an approach
being studied at the moment, but the current approach is to use a
custom list.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated
Regards